SARNOFF v. CHARLES SCHAD, INC.


22 N.Y.2d 180 (1968)

Louis Sarnoff, Respondent-Appellant, v. Charles Schad, Inc., Respondent, and Associated Church Arts, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Haggerty, Denis M. Hurley and George P. Lane for appellant.

Benjamin H. Siff and Monroe Mandell for respondent-appellant.

Robert E. Curran and Kevin D. Moloney for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING and BREITEL concur.


JASEN, J.

We are asked on these cross appeals to determine the liability of a general contractor for injuries sustained by an employee of a subcontractor as the result of a fall from a scaffold which the general contractor undertook to have furnished and which violated the standards set forth in section 240 of the Labor Law. Also at issue is the liability to the injured party of the subcontractor who constructed...

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